Bill Text: NY A08799 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Imposes term limits for members of the assembly and senate of New York.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-16 - held for consideration in governmental operations [A08799 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A08799-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8799 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY November 25, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JOHNS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to imposing term limits for members of the assembly and senate of the state of New York The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The legislative law is amended by adding a new section 2-a 2 to read as follows: 3 § 2-a. Legislative term limits. Members of the legislature shall not 4 serve more than six two-year terms in either the senate or the assembly. 5 In no event may a legislator serve more than twelve years in either the 6 senate or assembly. 7 § 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2022. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01216-01-9